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When Lewis Hamilton returns to the badpit of the Mercedes at the Formula 1 World Championships next year, he will have an abbreviated goal of two words: Michael Schumacher. The British finished in 2018 with a fifth title, two titles behind the German legend. It was in 2018, as in 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2017. After winning 11 races out of 21 last season, the British tied the number of titles won by Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio and approached Schumacher.
The latter scored his last titles in 2004 and his fifth was with Ferrari. Three years later, the 33-year-old Briton entered the competition with a warning message for the first season: a second-place finish just one point behind Finland's Kimi Raikkonen. Hamilton did not give way to joking. The following year, he won the world title he deserved, starting with a story that became clear to the public.
Hamilton enters the championship next year and his contract with Mercedes continues until 2020, which effectively means a guaranteed opportunity to try to equalize the number of Schumacher. The British take care to address the lucky number directly (7). In basic statistics, Schumacher remains in the lead: the victories in the races (91 against 73 for Hamilton), the podium (155 against 134) and the victories in one season (13 against 11). But the British surpbaded the first place (83 against 68).
Hamilton is perhaps not the most popular among the first clbad drivers. He may seem arrogant, very proud of himself and very interested in his social life and rushing out of the ring. But once sitting behind the wheel "money arrow", he becomes one of the most deadly pilots in the history of the sport. Merciless competitor, he does not give in, he has the insight and the ability to get the most out of his car. In short, he is currently the fastest in a sport that knows no speed limit.
The German team has taken control of the championship over the past five years, investigating each of the two drivers and builders, ahead of the main competitors being "Ferrari" and "Red Bull". In the absence of new rules coming into effect before 2021, Mercedes is expected to remain under the Austrian leadership, Toto Wolff, in a privileged position.
Mercedes in 2018 has not always been the fastest car. In the first half, Sebastian Vettel, four-time world champion and Ferrari driver (between 2010 and 2013), also won a fifth title, including having won the first two races and waiting for Hamilton to win the fourth stage. But the British were the undisputed best of the second half of the season, winning eight races over the last 11 stages, against a single win for Vettel.
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